Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-08-02
ABOUT FALSE HAIR.
A Dealer Tolls Where 1t Comes FROM, and
How II Is Obtained.

ly, sis brought from France and Ger
many. 1t is obtained in those coun
tries from the peasant girls. The Ber-
| lin and Paris merchants send theil
agents out through the country dis
tricts, and, whenever one OF these
agents meets lass with a fine crop Of
hair, he Immediately begins to bargain
with her As rule the peasants know
so little of the world. and are so utterly
ignorant of the value OF things, that
they generally sell their hair at the
most ridiculously low prices. 1t Is
nothing uncommon to see French
peasant girl dispose Of the most mag
nificcnt suit Of hair, a suit that would
sell for seventy-fvc dollars, for q
worthless earring or string of bright
locking beads. II these merchants
meet girl on the road whose hair at
tracts them, they never give the poor
girl time to think. or opportunity to go
home and consult her parents, but the
moment she says yes, out come their
shears and off goes her magnificent
hair. and the poor chiid's only
return Is q worthless trinket II
seems sad. but such Is life - ut
least hair-mcrchant life. After the
hair has been all collected and brought
into Paris and Berlin, it Is then put
through cleaning process and nssort-
ed and arranged. On all hair as II
comes from the head. there Is, no mat
ter how clean person tries to keep
her or himself. more or less dandruf.
The hair Is passed through a sort OF
wire net or chain, the wires of which
arc so close together that the hairs
themselves can scarcely pass through.
You would think this would cut the
hair, but it does not. Ii only gets the
dirt Oh, aud it does so most cffcctually.
After the hair is thus thoroughly clean
ed, IL IL assorted In proper colors, quail
.ities and lengths. Then the black hair is
again run over and three more piles
are made Of 1.-THE long black hairs,
the medium and the short. The light
hair Is similarly assorted. Then the
dealers mix the black and light hairs
together and make from them differ
ent shades. BY mixing jet black,
for instance, with u color TIVE
shades lighter than Jet black
you get u color exactly ont
shade lighter. and this is thu
rule all through the different combina.
tons OF hair colors A color mixed
with another color that is two shades
lighter than itself will produce n color
one shade lighter, and shade that APP
pears to be perfectly natural. II the
hair is mixed with a color that is more
than two shades it will produce q
streaky combination, which is, OF
course. 10 be avoided; but when the
mixing is properly done not even an
expert can tell the difference between
the real color and the color that is Tho
result OF this skillful manipulation.
The French are the most expert hair.
mixers in the world, and many blonde
or brown suit of hair that looks so per.
fectly natural is, in reality. the product
of two different heads, and all the re.
suit III the ingenieusfroneh hair-mixers
What does head OF hair costp Well,
Of course, there Is in hair. rs In every.
thing c.sa, an immense variety OF
kinds, aud consequently an i'm
mense variety OF prices Head,
of hair can be bought MS low rs
fifteen dollars, and there are many that
bring seventy-iiyc dollars. For this
latter price should say thas the very
best suit of hair that can be fou In
Boston can be purchased. 1t does not
cost a woman. or. should probably
say in order to keep in tho fashion, q
Mrs. Lady, ms much to purchase her
hair now as it did three or four years
ago. The Mrs. Ladies do not weai
near so much hair now MS they did
then, MS any one, even q Mr.. Genie
man, can see by glancing at one OF
their heads. Consequently, while II
formerly cost fashionable female
from Que hundred to one hundred and
fifty dollars to perfectly adorn hen
head. supposing, Of course, that she
had no hair Mt all TO start with. the
same female can now buy the very best
head gear In Boston at from fifty Ia
seventy-hve dollars. Is there much
false hair worn In Bostonp Oh, an i'm.
meuse deal Of it. indulge in no eXag.
geration when | say that there are no,
five women in one hundred who dc
not wear some false hair. ~ Boston
Herald.